School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Maldives

Maldives: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind was 0.9619 GPI in 2019. β–¬ Flat

Latest (2019)
0.9619 GPI
Change on year
down 1.3%
World rank
157th
of 188 countries
All-time high
1.04 GPI
in 2005
All-time low
0.9619 GPI
in 2019
Years of data
17
1998–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Maldives, 1998–2019

00.250.50.7511998200820191998: 1 GPI1999: 1 GPI2000: 1 GPI2001: 1 GPI2002: 1 GPI2003: 1 GPI2004: 1 GPI2005: 1 GPI2006: 1 GPI2007: 1 GPI2008: 1 GPI2009: 1 GPI2015: 0.996 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 0.974 GPI2019: 0.962 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Maldives recorded 0.9619 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 5.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Maldives peaked at 1.04 GPI in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.9619 GPI, in 2019.

Maldives ranks 157th of 188 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1.01 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.01 GPI 2
2000s 1.03 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.04 GPI 10
2010s 0.9923 GPI 0.9619 GPI 1.02 GPI 5

Countries ranked near Maldives

  1. 154 Liechtenstein 0.9654 GPI compare
  2. 155 Syrian Arab Republic 0.9646 GPI compare
  3. 156 Dominica 0.9622 GPI compare
  4. 158 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.9609 GPI compare
  5. 159 Guatemala 0.9601 GPI compare
  6. 160 Cabo Verde 0.9579 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 233 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Maldives?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Maldives was 0.9619 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in Maldives?
The highest recorded value was 1.04 GPI in 2005.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in Maldives?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9619 GPI in 2019.
How does Maldives rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind?
Maldives ranks 157th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind rising or falling in Maldives?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Maldives data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,492 data points, 1981–2020
Last refreshed

Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.